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EYE ON EARTH CONVENE CONVERGE COLLABORATE

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Eye on Earth Overview


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Eye on Earth The Movement


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The Problem• Flood of data but inaccessible • Missing data• Incompatible standards • Bureaucratic hurdles • Unsuitable operating procedures• Lack of open access • Mere ignorance of its existence


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Eye on Earth Initiative – Aims and Objectives

• Convergence of initiatives by several organisations that collectively address the global challenge of increasing access to information for a more sustainable future.

• Facilitates knowledge transfer through supporting and strengthening existing efforts

• Enhances the sharing and interexchange of environmental, societal and economic data and information, provided by the diversity of knowledge communities, to support sustainable development

• Through networks, conferences, and community groups Eye on Earth provides a strong basis and opportunity to work together and pool resources to provide decision-making support for sustainable development


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The Eye on Earth Community


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The Community

• The EoE Community is continually growing and represents the full range of government, private sector, environmental, social and economic interests.

• Currently over 150 organizations and 600 individuals globally from governmental organizations, academia, NGOs, private industry and other interested organizations.

• The SIs are a voluntary group of experts that meet regularly to advance the outcomes set for each SI through collaboration, networking and implementation of projects


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Eye on Earth Summit 2011


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Summit 2011EAD in partnership with UNEP took the lead to host the first Eye on Earth Summit in December 2011 • Attendees:

1775 registration from 114 countries • Duration:

3 ½ days Summit & Exhibition 10-14 Dec 2011• Framework:

70+ speakers on main stage, incl. Bill Clinton, Sylvia Earle, Jane Goodall50+ participants in Working Group workshops, Preceding Civil Society

Meetings


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Eye on Earth Summit 2011 – Cont’d

• Exhibition50 ExhibitorsEducation Day attended by 816 students from 24 schools & 6 colleges across UAETotal of 3900 visitors to the Exhibition over 3 ½ days

• Summit Outcomes8 Special Initiatives – 3 Foundational and 5 Thematic Summit Declaration – endorsed by 48 countries (16 countries + 32 EEA member countries)


Special Initiatives.


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Achievements Since EoE Summit 2011

• June 2012: Inclusion of Eye on Earth in Para 274. Rio+20 Future we Want Outcome Document

• July 2012: Joint Secretariat between Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi/AGEDI and UNEP formalized for coordination and management of the Special Iniatives community engagement

• March 2013: Dublin Eye on Earth User Conference, alignment with key stakeholders of a common agenda.

• Dec 2013: Granted Seed funding for selected Special Initiatives projects under the principles of the Eye on Earth Summit Declaration

• June 2014: Decision to reconvene for second Eye on Earth Summit in October 2015


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Special initiatives - Milestones• July 2013: Eye on Water Security Meeting: Stockholm, Sweden

• Sept 2013: Eye on Access for All Meeting: Washington DC, USA

• Oct 2013: Eye on Environmental Education Meeting: Manama, Bahrain

• Nov 2013: Eye on Disaster Management Meeting: Geneva, Switzerland

• Nov 2013: Eye on Community Sustainability & Resiliency Meeting: Paris, France

• Dec 2013: Eye on Biodiversity Meeting: Ankara, Turkey

• Nov 2014: Eye on Oceans & Blue Carbon Meeting: Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Nov 2014: Eye on Water Security Meeting: Amman, Jordan

• Feb 2015: Data for SDGs: Bonn, Germany


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Special initiatives - Projects• CSR: EcoCitizen World Map-Building Eco Cities

• CSR: GeoSUMR - GeoInformation for Sustainable Urban Management and Resilience

• GNON: The GeoSUR Program, a model regional geospatial network for the Arab region

• Bio: Unlocking Biodiversity Data from Environmental Impact Assessment

• A4A: Implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration

• A4A: Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Building Bridges between Regions

• A4A: Principle 10 Legal Index -Environmental Democracy Legal Index


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Special Initiatives Project Fiches


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Project Fiches• 81 project fiches were submitted by the Special initiatives Community• Evident cross SI collaboration• Impactful, thematically diverse• Common goal of data & sustainable development


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Prioritized Project Fiches1. Improving Standardisation of and Access to Seagrass Biodiversity Data for Decision

Making and Conservation2. Promoting Principle 10 with respect to environmental matters in Middle East and North

Africa region 3. Capacity Building on Geoservices in Latin America & Caribbean (LAC)4. Global Blue Carbon Data DOCK5. Island Communities Open Data Program for Coastal Resiliency6. MENA Regional Academic Work of Geospatial Expertise for Urban Resilience and Disaster

Management (MENA-RANGE)7. Watershed ICT Resources Center in Water and Disaster Management (WIRC)8. Health and Resilience throughout MENA (HART-MENA)9. A Global Coastal Carbon Data Archive (GCCDA) 10. Strengthening Information Infrastructure for Emergency Management (SIIEM) - Phase II


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Eye on Earth Alliance


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• The EoE Alliance provides the strategic direction for the movement and strives to build global support for EoE, is also expanding. Today it includes the following organisations.

Eye on Earth Alliance


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Eye on Earth Alliance Vision

Eye on Earth Mission Statement • Eye on Earth networks and builds capacity across diverse knowledge

communities to improve decision-making for sustainable development.Eye on Earth Vision

• A world where environmental and associated social and economic information, combined with citizen engagement, improves decisions leading to sustainable development.


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